Hotel Particulier is pleased to present DYNASTY, on view from January 31 to April 20, 2013, an exhibition modeled on the cross-generational dynamics of families. The curators created a fictional family: Sara Reisman “married” Christopher K. Ho, and Reisman’s “sister” Amy Goldrich “married” Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Each couple then bequeathed their primary asset – the gallery space itself – to artist-children.

The exhibition includes performances addressing familial and filial relations, creative influence, and the evolution, growth, distribution, and consumption of ideas and objects over generations and time. Taking place at Hotel Particulier is Mary Mattingly and Greg Lindquist’s midnight dinner based on Gordon Matta-Clark’s restaurant Food, a gathering spot for a diverse “family” of artists in the ‘70s. Other performances include Sean Fader and Naomi Miller’s blind dating service; Andrew Norman Wilson’s Lie Down Comedy; and Bryan Zanisnik’s piece involving his biological parents.

DYNASTY revisits a 2006 exhibition organized by the same curators. The 2013 edition coincides with the grand opening of Hotel Particulier, a salon space promoting conversation and disciplinary cross-pollination, especially between art, food, and design. The space devotes several months at a time to a theme and coordinates exhibitions, events, and conversations around the theme. The inaugural theme “I do (K)not” looks at marriage as an institution that de facto regulates both domestic and public space.